tennis camp
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- noun
- /ˈtɛnɪs kæmp/
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campamento de tenis
- The local community center offers a tennis camp for young players every July, focusing on technique and teamwork.
- summer tennis camp
- tennis camps for kids
- tennis camps for kids ages
Examples
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Every summer, I attend a tennis camp where I improve my skills and meet new friends.
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In high school, I played tennis (this was before Serena & Venus, so trust me when I say occasionally I got odd looks at tennis camp and tournaments), hung out at the library during lunch & after school, and was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper...
Blog text (3) -
- I said, "Tennis camp."
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Uh, I'm supposed to go to a tennis camp but, you know, recently, uh, uh..
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It was at tennis camp.
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At tennis camp up in Wisconsin - Camp KeeTonKee.
Fiction book (1998) -
- Tennis camp.
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- Tennis camp.
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Tennis was one of my favorite sports as a kid, to the extent that I even spent a couple of my tweener summers at tennis camp.
Blog text (21) -
Their daughter, Elena, sixteen, was at a tennis camp in Wisconsin that they couldn't afford, and she'd called them twice already in the past three days pleading for more spending money.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people stay in tents or simple buildings for a short time
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1.3
A place where children stay away from home in summer to join activities
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a camp or program for tennis' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tennis' (the sport) + 'camp' (a place/program for staying or organized activities). This noun+noun compounding (sport + camp) is cross-linguistically common and follows a predictable pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The name tennis camp comes from the simple idea of a camp for tennis where people meet to practice and learn. Picture players doing drills on the courts and getting coaching all day, so it means 'a place or program where people are taught and practice tennis'.